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Background

Almost two years ago, my grandmother Isabel passed away peacefully after suffering from Alzheimer's. She was a Scot, raised in Musselburgh, and some of her longest-held memories were Scottish limericks or poems. She often read Robbie Burns in a Scottish accent, which both made it authentic and near-impossible to understand.

When she passed away, she left my brothers and I some money - we decided the best way to spend that money was checking out Scotland for the first time. We rented a car, camped, and visited as much as we could, including some family we'd never met. The following video is about that trip. Details of the trip follow.

Itinerary

As it turns out, another friend of mine was traveling to Scotland around the same time with his girlfriend, and we relied heavily on the planning they had done (thanks Julien & Béa!). Here's our rough itinerary: